What a pity there are no links in the player list - I had to search for my opponent for 30 minutes to be able to send him a PM - pls notice that the players name is very different from the name in all of the posts

Thanks for a good match Angel - despite different schedules, this worked fine.

Game 1: KC-Hou & Cal-SLK vs a couple west tix. Angel was sealed out of NW and lost 2 tickets. The perils of someone having two smalls and enough 6ers to play them out. Got lucky and played the area he needed to be.
Game 2: La-chi & Dul Hou vs two smalls, think it was Cal-Slk and Den-Paso. Reversed roles. While I completed tix I lost some track points and longest. Had an absurd flash idea that Angel might have la-ny and acted accordingly. Oops.
Game 3: Kob-Erz/Kyiz-Sochi vs ? my notes failed me
Forgive me, my discussion for EU is limited. I had lots of locos, Angel did not have as many.
Game 4: I was so befuddled it doesn't matter. Angel ran me in circles.
Game 5: Win-Hou/Tor-Mia vs Win-LR and ?
A tad too slow and west wins. No fiend found.
Game 6: Pal-Mos and 1 vs Lis-Danz and 2.
Enough locos to get by on. 2 15s vs 8. Longest for me. Helped to pull colors for a final 4er to end it.

Word to GURU. I need to hear why this game has not been scheduled. It must be completed by Monday, Feb 18.
Warning had been given last week to get this played within round 1 time frame. GP has been available.
Send me a pm.

There is a significant possibility this TAG match will be ruled 1-0 in favor of GP.

GURU Will wrote on Sun, 17 February 2013 07:16

TAG RR1 Will/Brad vs Patrick/Horst still to be scheduled... We'll sort something out- im tryin to get this weekend off work...

Me and brad can play at 2am -7am cet pretty much any day. We are available, just not when it suits GP. Just struggling to find a time that suits GP without having a day off work... (been in last 8days). Just two different timezones! If I can get a weekend day off then that might make things a bit easier, but I can't guarantee it... Trying to book Saturday off - brad and I should be able to play at a euro-friendly time then if I can get it...

Word to GURU. I need to hear why this game has not been scheduled. It must be completed by Monday, Feb 18.
Warning had been given last week to get this played within round 1 time frame. GP has been available.
Send me a pm.

There is a significant possibility this TAG match will be ruled 1-0 in favor of GP.

GURU Will wrote on Sun, 17 February 2013 07:16

TAG RR1 Will/Brad vs Patrick/Horst still to be scheduled... We'll sort something out- im tryin to get this weekend off work...

We have come upon a situation where a ruling by the TD needs to occur concerning a TAG match between GURU-GP. The match was not played within the time frame of round 1. (including being given an extra day) (Some have asked why, since it is the first round, could they not have extra time? But Round 1 will be treated the same as all other rounds since no additional time is possible in round 5)

So given the following factors:

a. IF, it appears a match cannot be scheduled within the time frame set for a given week, captains had better be ready to make a substitute. If a substitute for a player is necessary, inform the TD, and captain of the other team.

b. Matches which are not scheduled on time, with both parties at fault, will be ruled 0-0 with a loss counted for both teams. If it is deemed one team was clearly inflexible in its scheduling practice, the potential exists for a ruling of 1-0 in favor of the team that was clearly more flexible.

AND NOTING THIS TOURNAMENT RULE> One given playing time should be at least during a "good" period for both players. Good times are at the evening (17:00-24:00 local time) and the morning (7:00-11:00 local time). At weekends good times are from 7:00 to 1:00 next day local time.
Therefore the TD will be giving a ruling of either 0-0 or 1-0 for this TAG match.
The TD is now trying to determine scheduling factors offered by both teams so a ruling can be made.

I am asking captains and relevant players to please send TD a pm note of dates and time slots offered in this case.